Such areas were automatically assigned a 0 value. The maps of former countries that are more or less continued by a present-day country or had a territory included in only one or two countries are included in the atlas of the present-day country. IRS- and SPOT-based forest cover map of the EC Joint Research Centre (. Build customized, agile experiences that bring the real world to your users with Static and Dynamic maps, Street View imagery, and 360° views.See the content for the entities concerned. The status of various entities is disputed.

Historical maps are included in the continent, country and dependency entries.The same goes for the texts in the history sections. For sources of the introduction see therefore the Wikipedia entries linked to. The text of the introduction(s) is based on the content of the Wikipedia encyclopedia. If other languages are native and/or official in an entity, introductions in other languages are added in separate sections. Every entry has an introduction section in English.That page contains links to entries by country, continent and by topic as well as general notes and references. The main page is therefore the portal to maps and cartography on Wikimedia. The WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons.This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Europe, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Europe. However, the term continent can refer to a cultural and political distinction or a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europe's precise borders, area, and population.Įurope, Geography of Europe, History of Europe and Politics of Europe In terms of population, it is the third-largest continent (after Asia and Africa) with a population of some 710,000,000 or about 11% of the world's population. The only continent smaller than Europe is Australia. Europe is the world's second-smallest continent in terms of area, covering about 10,400,000 square kilometres (4,010,000 sq mi) or 2.0% of the Earth's surface. On the east, Europe is divided from Asia by the water divide of the Ural Mountains and by the Caspian Sea. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea, and to the southeast by the waterways adjoining the Mediterranean to and including the Black Sea and the Caucasus Mountains. A nation who is part of a united with other nations to fight a common enemy. A nation whose government is taken over by another nation. A nation in which soldiers have military bases. Physically and geologically, Europe is the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, west of Asia. A nation to which people migrate to during times of war. 4 Historical maps of the Iberian PeninsulaĮurope is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth.1.5.1 French Revolution and Napoleonic Period.

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